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New Delhi: Reacting strongly to reports of excessive force used by American police against an Indian national, India on Thursday raised the issue with the US and demanded expeditious investigation into the matter.
A senior official in the US embassy was called to the South Block by the External Affairs Ministry...

Washington: US President Barack Obama said Washington was not ready to open an embassy in Iran due to differences over nuclear policy, a position that contrasts with his new approach to Cuba.
"I never say never, but I think these things have to go in steps," Obama said in an interview...

Madrid: Madrid was the final destination on Tuesday for a train which has set the record for the longest train journey in history; 13,052 kms between the Chinese city of Yiwu and the Spanish capital.
The train which arrived in Madrid at 11 am, departed from Yiwu on November 18 with...

Kabul: A suicide bomber on a motorbike today attacked a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, officials said, wounding some foreigners in the latest of a series of strikes in the Afghan capital.
The huge blast could be heard across Kabul and a plume of smoke rose high into the air above...

New Delhi: Delhi Police registered a case against two unidentified youth for allegedly stealing the Spanish national emblem from outside the embassy's front door.
An FIR was registered on the complaint of the officials from the Embassy of Spain. The case was registered under Sections 379/34 of the Indian Penal...

Sana'a: The al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for a rocket attack near the US embassy in Sana'a on Saturday evening, in which five Yemeni soldiers were wounded.
A rocket hit a vehicle west of the US embassy, wounding five security guards, a security official told Xinhua, adding more...

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has written a letter to Prime Minister Modi, urging him to secure the release of four Indian fishermen arrested and detained by the Iranian coast guard earlier this week.
Jayalalithaa has requested the PM to direct the Indian embassy in Tehran to take all...

New Delhi: ProTibet activists continue their protests over the Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit on Thursday. Ten Tibetan activists were detained on Wednesday outside the Chinese Embassy for holding protests.
"We are fighting for the cause of free Tibet. We want our freedom back," said an angry protester as he was...

New Delhi: ProTibet activists in Delhi staged protests on Wednesday as India awaited Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival. Ten Tibetan activists were detained outside the Chinese Embassy for holding protests. "We are fighting for the cause of free Tibet. We want our freedom back," said an angry protester being dragged...

Rome: Lawyers for one of the two Italian marines detained in India over the 2012 killing of two fishermen have launched a bid to have him flown home on medical grounds, defence officials said on Saturday.
Massimiliano Latorre has spent the last week in hospital in New Delhi after collapsing at...

Washington: The US is adding 350 more troops to help protect the American Embassy in Baghdad and its support facilities in the capital, raising the number of US forces in the country to over 1,000, officials said Tuesday.
President Barack Obama approved the additional troops for protection of American personnel following...

Tripoli: An Islamistallied militia group in control of Libya's capital now guards the US Embassy and its residential compound, a commander said Sunday, as onlookers toured the abandoned homes of diplomats who fled the country more than a month ago.
Witnesses saw holes left by smallarms and rocket fire dotting the...

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has confirmed that he will soon leave the Ecudorian embassy, while addressing a press conference.
Assange did not state the reasons behind his decision although speculations are rife that he might be surrendering.
The 49yearold Australian national, who is reportedly battling heart defect and chronic...

New Delhi: Scores of students and social activists today took part in a protest outside Israel Embassy against the strikes being carried out by that country's forces in Gaza with police briefly detaining some of them.
According to police, 54 protesters, including students of Jawaharlal Nehru University and several social activists,...

New Delhi: Scores of protesters, who included students from Jawaharlal Nehru University and several social activists, on Monday staged a protest outside the Israeli Embassy here demanding an end to Israel's air strikes in Gaza resulting in high civilian casualties.
The call for the protest was given by JNU Student's Union...

New Delhi: Scores of protesters, mostly students of Jawaharlal Nehru University had gathered outside the Israeli Embassy on Sunday to protest against Israel's air strikes in the Gaza Strip resulting in civilian casualties.
"There were around 7080 protesters mostly students from JNU. They reached the Israeli embassy at around 2 PM,...

Washington: India and the US are working together to track and disrupt transnational terrorism networks including those responsible for the attack on the Indian consulate in Herat, a senior US official said, reiterating that the LashkareTaiba (LeT) was to be blamed for the attack.
"We will continue to work together to...

London: The gathering at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London has the feel of something which may become an annual fixture.
For the second time in as many years, journalists were invited on Thursday to the embassy to mark the anniversary of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange's stay there a bid to escape...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs has confirmed that 40 Indian workers working with Tariq Noor al Juda construction company have been abducted in Iraq. According to the MEA, most of the abducted Indians are from the northern part of India.
However, MEA spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said that no ransom...

New Delhi: With the growing unrest in Iraq and reports of at least 40 Indian nationals having been abducted in the country, Indian envoy will head to Baghdad on Wednesday to take stock of the situation.
Even as abduction of Indians in Iraq's second larges city Mosul are doing the rounds...

Washington: The US said on Sunday that it was boosting security for its embassy in Baghdad amid worsening situation in Iraq as Islamic militants were sweeping across the northern part of the country.
"As a result of ongoing instability and violence in certain areas of Iraq, embassy Baghdad is reviewing its...

New Delhi: In wake of the unrest in Iraq, the Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday issued an advisory asking Indian nationals residing there to leave the country by commercial means if it was safe to do so.
The Foreign Ministry has also asked Indians to avoid unnecessary travel to Iraq.
"Indians...

Dushanbe: Authorities in exSoviet Tajikistan have detained 10 protesters after they hurled stones at the British embassy in the capital Dushanbe and roughed up a local security guard, police said on Wednesday.
A small group of demonstrators lobbed rocks and cobblestones at the diplomatic mission after gathering outside its perimeter wall...

Afganistan : Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh on Saturday met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the two presidential candidates here during which she was assured that Afghanistan was committed to ensuring full safety for the Indian Embassy in Kabul, four consulates and interests irrespective of the orientation of the new...

Tamil Nadu Government on Saturday said it will approach the Indian Embassy in Bahrain to bring back the body of a fisherman, allegedly shot dead by pirates recently.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in a statement said she had instructed Fisheries Department Secretary S Vijayakumar to approach the Indian Embassy in Bahrain to...

Washington: The Indian Embassy in the US has announced to outsource its passport and visa related services to a new company for all its diplomatic missions in America following complaints against the current service provider. Cox & King Global Services Ltd will replace the existing BLS International Limited and would...

Baghdad: At least 48 people were killed and 119 others wounded in violent attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, mostly in the capital city of Baghdad, authorities said.
A series of bomb explosions rocked the Iraqi capital from morning to evening on Wednesday, killing at least 37 people and wounding 91 others,...

CJ Poonam Pathania is the wife of slain soldier Ajay Singh Pathania who was killed in Kabul embassy attack. After her husbands death, politicians had promised that her family will be taken care of, but till date none of those promises have been fulfilled. Today she has turned a CJ...

The American Embassy School in New Delhi, which is being accused by the Indian government of violating visa and local laws, is not run by the US mission, a senior State Department official has said.
However, the US is talking with India at the diplomatic level to address concerns of the...

The elite American Embassy school in New Delhi is under scanner for suspected violations of tax laws and visa status of some of its staff which the Indian government views as "institutionalised fraud".
The sprawling school, located next to the US Embassy on American governmentowned land, has about 1500 students on...